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Bruno vs php-crud-api
Bruno has 47,027 GitHub stars, 2,890 forks, 1,831 open issues and last shipped yesterday. php-crud-api has 3,738 stars, 1,029 forks, 85 open issues and last shipped 21 days ago. Bruno leads on adoption by 1,158% (47,027 vs 3,738 stars). Bruno is written in JavaScript under MIT; php-crud-api is written in PHP under MIT. Bruno has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, php-crud-api 28%. Bruno was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (openapi), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Bruno | php-crud-api | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 47K | ★ 3.7K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-08-28 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.9K | ⑂ 1.0K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Bruno if
- You weight community size — 47K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick php-crud-api if
- You want the php-crud-api feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and php-crud-api fits your workflow better
About Bruno
Bruno is a lightweight, open source API client and IDE for exploring and testing APIs, built for developers and teams who want their request collections stored as plain text in a folder on their own filesystem rather than in a vendor's cloud.
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About php-crud-api
PHP CRUD API Single file PHP script that adds a REST API to a MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server or SQLite database. Howto: Upload " api.php " to your webserver, configure it to connect to your database, have an instant full featured REST API. NB: This is the TreeQL reference implementation in PHP. Requirements PHP 7.2 or higher with PDO drivers enabled for one of these database systems: MySQL 5.7 / MariaDB 10.0 or higher for spatial features in MySQL PostgreSQL 9.5 or higher with PostGIS 2.2 or higher for spatial features SQL Server 2017 or higher (2019 also has Linux support) SQLite 3.22 or higher (spatial f…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bruno or php-crud-api more popular?
Bruno has 47,027 GitHub stars and php-crud-api has 3,738. Bruno has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bruno and php-crud-api free?
Both are open source. Bruno is licensed under MIT and php-crud-api under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Bruno and php-crud-api?
Bruno is written in JavaScript and php-crud-api in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Bruno or php-crud-api?
Choose Bruno if you want the larger community (47,027 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose php-crud-api if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.